Tag Archives: Costumes

Everyone knows that Halloween time is a time for young and old alike to get all dressed up in costumes. I have never been one to shy away from this, even when it is not Halloween. Here are a few Sumoflam spookies and Sumoflam spoofies from over the years….

I always try to take the bull by the horns…or be the bull with the horns….

Another Horn Shot…this guy is really bullish

Besides the antics, I have been “in costume” many times. How about a few….

I was the terrible giant in a Jack and the Beanstalk play back in the early 1980s in Flagstaff….Fee Fi Fo Sumoflam

In Japan I did a number f TV shows…this one I was dressed as an evil Onoguri demon (or something…) You can see a video of the creepy dancing HERE

Sumoflam the Onoguri

A few Halloweens back I threw on some fun outfits for a Trunk or Treat….

Sumo-Elton

Sponge Bob Sumoflam

Then there was the time I put on my “pink shades” and really Flamingo-eyesed myself in Louisville…

Flamingo-Eyes…

I always like interesting shades…in fact, my future is so bright I gotta wear shades

Sumoflam in shades

Sumoshades

There is the Japanese costumer in me. I had many opportunities for dress up in Japan…

Sumoflam the Samurai – for a TV show in Japan

The dignified look in a nice kimono for a Japanese New Year’s TV show that I was a co-host on

Well…not quite in Japan and not quite the right size…but I tried to be a samurai….

Dressed down for Tanabata festival in Oita, Japan as part of the Asahi Solar Contingent

Speaking of Asahi Solar, back in 1990 when I lived in Japan, I worked for them. They sold Solar Water Heaters, a big business in Japan. I was asked to be in a commercial where I would sit in the bath tub and sing an old traditional Japanese song while playing with this little doll, named Solar Bo, that would shed his clothes when put into hot water. It was a hit commercial all over Japan for about 6 months. Still funny after all these years. Anyway, the advertising agency Dentsu guys decided to make a “Making Of…” video and had me flying over Arizona in a bathtub to the tune of Ghostbusters…hey…its Halloween music.

Then there is me hiding behind a Ghostbuster donut….

Bustin’ makes me feel good

Donuts aren’t the only place you’ll find me hiding….

Hiding in the sand in a sandbath in Japan

Hiding in the leaves

Hiding behind balloons

I visited this place called Screaming Heads in Ontario. Really cooly ghouly spooky place. See my travel post about it HERE.

Hiding behind Screaming Heads

Hiding behind a thing…something in San Francisco

Incognito in Council Bluffs…blended right in…

Then there was the day in Provo, UT in 1978 where some friends dressed me up….’nuff said…

Costume Party in Provo, Utah, 1978

Indeed, I am unabashed. I’ll even stick my head out (or in) to have a gag shot…

Krav in the Hat

Dressing up is fun, but sometimes, just making faces or even just having a bad hair day is fun (and maybe even scary)

Bad Hair Day

Big Mustache

Who knows? (Taken in 1977 while a missionary in Japan)

Twins..

Then, there is that other holiday…and I have dressed up for it on many an occasion over the years. The one below is from Japan in 1977.

SumoClaus in 1977

Not to be too witchy, but I found myself a good witchy woman for Halloween…Happy Halloween!!